Territorial Prospecting (NOPP31I1)

The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with the concept and process of foresight in which reality is viewed as a totality whose variables behave within the system regardless of their individual characteristics, and the changes that occur in it as turning and fractures.

Application of acquired knowledge.

Theoretical lectures

RESEARCH OF POSSIBLE FUTURE
(The future - a domain of freedom; Early alert system; The future as a domain of power; The future as a domain of will)
GENESIS AND THE EXTENSION OF FORESIGHT
FORESIGHT INSTEAD OF PREDICTION (Characteristics of procedure; Models; Scenarios)
STAGES AND STEPS OF FORESIGHT (Defining the problem and choosing the time horizon (Strategy); System design and identification of key variables; Data collection and design hypothesis; Researching a possible future; The Strategy selection)
DESIGNING THE FUTURE
WHY SHOULD USE THE TERRITORIAL FORESIGHT? (Take over responsibility for territory; Affirmation of the local level and new territorial frameworks; Planning practice; About necessary defects; Which territory should be chosen?)
THE WAY TO THE SUCCESS TERRITORIAL FORESIGHT? (Modalities of the organization; The constitutive elements of the territorial foresight procedure; From theory to practice; Key success factors; Difficulties and limitations)